# 2024 Kashima Antlers season

The 2024 season was Kashima Antlers' 32nd consecutive season in the J1 League, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. As well as the domestic league, they competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

## Squad
### Season squad

| Squad no. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age at start of season) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Tomoki Hayakawa | GK | (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 24) |
| 29 | Yuji Kajikawa | GK | (1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 32) |
| 31 | Taiki Yamada | GK | (2002-01-08)8 January 2002 (aged 22) |
| 38 | Park Eui-jeong | GK | (2004-05-22)22 May 2004 (aged 19) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Koki Anzai | RB / LB | (1995-05-31)31 May 1995 (aged 28) |
| 5 | Ikuma Sekigawa | CB | (2000-09-13)13 September 2000 (aged 23) |
| 16 | Hidehiro Sugai | LB | (1998-10-27)27 October 1998 (aged 25) |
| 28 | Shuhei Mizoguchi | LB | (2004-02-13)13 February 2004 (aged 20) |
| 32 | Kimito Nono | RB | (2002-02-26)26 February 2002 (aged 21) |
| 39 | Keisuke Tsukui | DF | (2004-05-21)21 May 2004 (aged 19) |
| 42 | Haruto Matsumoto $^{Type2}$ | RB | (2006-09-29)29 September 2006 (aged 17) |
| 55 | Naomichi Ueda | CB | (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 29) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Radomir Milosavljević | CM / AM | (1992-07-28)28 July 1992 (aged 31) |
| 6 | Kento Misao | DM | (1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 27) |
| 10 | Gaku Shibasaki (c) | CM / DM | (1992-05-28)28 May 1992 (aged 31) |
| 14 | Yuta Higuchi | RM / CM | (1996-10-30)30 October 1996 (aged 27) |
| 15 | Tomoya Fujii | LM / RM | (1998-12-04)4 December 1998 (aged 25) |
| 17 | Talles | LW / AM | (1998-05-12)12 May 1998 (aged 25) |
| 26 | Naoki Sutoh | LM / RM | (2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 21) |
| 30 | Shintaro Nago | CM / AM | (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 27) |
| 33 | Hayato Nakama | LM / AM | (1992-05-16)16 May 1992 (aged 31) |
| 34 | Yu Funabashi | DM | (2002-07-12)12 July 2002 (aged 21) |
| 77 | Guilherme Parede | LW / RW | (1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 28) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Aleksandar Čavrić | FW / RW | (1994-05-18)18 May 1994 (aged 29) |
| 11 | Kyosuke Tagawa | FW / LW | (1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 25) |
| 13 | Kei Chinen | FW / RW | (1995-03-17)17 March 1995 (aged 28) |
| 36 | Shu Morooka | FW / RW | (2000-12-09)9 December 2000 (aged 23) |
| 40 | Yuma Suzuki | FW | (1996-04-28)28 April 1996 (aged 27) |
| 41 | Homare Tokuda $^{Type2}$ | FW | (2007-02-18)18 February 2007 (aged 17) |
Last updated: 15 August 2024. Source: Kashima Antlers website

## Transfers
### Arrivals

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type |
| 9 June 2023 | DF | Kimito Nono | Kwansei Gakuin University | Full |
| 8 December 2023 | GK | Taiki Yamada | Fagiano Okayama | Loan return |
| 24 December 2023 | MF | Guilherme Parede | Talleres | Loan |
| 28 December 2023 | GK | Yuji Kajikawa | Júbilo Iwata | Full |
| 29 January 2024 | FW | Aleksandar Čavrić | Slovan Bratislava | Loan |
| 22 March 2024 | MF | Radomir Milosavljević | FK Vojvodina | Full |
| 15 July 2024 | MF | Kento Misao | OH Leuven | Full |
| 9 August 2024 | FW | Kyosuke Tagawa | Hearts | Full |
| 15 August 2024 | MF | Talles | FC Rukh Lviv | Loan |

### Departures

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type |
| 30 November 2023 | GK | Kwoun Sun-tae | | Retired |
| 7 December 2023 | FW | Blessing Eleke | | Released |
| 7 December 2023 | MF | Arthur Caíke | | Released |
| 7 December 2023 | MF | Diego Pituca | Santos | Full |
| 8 December 2023 | MF | Yusuke Ogawa | FC Ryukyu | Loan |
| 24 December 2023 | MF | Ryotaro Araki | FC Tokyo | Loan |
| 25 December 2023 | DF | Gen Shoji | FC Machida Zelvia | Full |
| 26 December 2023 | MF | Ryotaro Nakamura | Shimizu S-Pulse | Loan |
| 26 December 2023 | GK | Yuya Oki | Shimizu S-Pulse | Full |
| 3 January 2024 | DF | Kim Min-tae | Shonan Bellmare | Full |
| 5 January 2024 | DF | Rikuto Hirose | Vissel Kobe | Full |
| 4 July 2024 | FW | Yuki Kakita | Kashiwa Reysol | Full |
| 4 July 2024 | MF | Kaishu Sano | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Full |
| 21 July 2024 | MF | Yuta Matsumura | Tokyo Verdy | Loan |
| 25 July 2024 | MF | Shoma Doi | Montedio Yamagata | Full |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J1 League | 23 February 2024 (2024-02-23) | 8 December 2024 (2024-12-08) | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 047.37 |
| J.League Cup | 17 April 2024 (2024-04-17) | 22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) | First round (Match 2) | First round (Match 3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Emperor's Cup | 12 June 2024 (2024-06-12) | 25 September 2024 (2024-09-25) | Second round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 050.00 |
Source: Competitions

### J1 League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Machida Zelvia | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 66 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 66 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 65 | |
| 6 | Tokyo Verdy | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 56 | |
| 7 | FC Tokyo | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 54 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2024 Emperor's Cup, Vissel Kobe, had already qualified for the Champions League Elite, the spot given to the Emperor's Cup winners (Champions League Elite) was passed to the third-placed team. The spot given to the third-placed team (Champions League Two) was passed to the fourth-placed team consequently. However, if Kawasaki Frontale or Yokohama F. Marinos wins the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite, they will qualify for the subsequent edition as the title holders, while the third-placed team will instead participate in the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two, and the fourth-placed team will have their qualification spot withdrawn.

#### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Worldfootball

#### Matches

The full league fixtures were released on 23 January 2024.

### J.League Cup

The 2024 J.League Cup was expanded so that all 60 J.League clubs would participate.

### Emperor's Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

Squad players with no appearances throughout the season are not listed.
| No. | Pos. | Name | J1 League | J1 League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Tomoki Hayakawa | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Taiki Yamada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Koki Anzai | 38 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 43 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Ikuma Sekigawa | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Hidehiro Sugai | 1+12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Kimito Nono | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 9 |
| 28 | DF | Keisuke Tsukui | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Naomichi Ueda | 38 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 4 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Radomir Milosavljević | 0+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Kento Misao | 12+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Gaku Shibasaki | 16+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Kei Chinen | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 37 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | Yuta Higuchi | 18+18 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 42 | 4 |
| 15 | MF | Tomoya Fujii | 6+19 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| 17 | MF | Talles | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Shintaro Nago | 29+7 | 5 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 41 | 5 |
| 33 | MF | Hayato Nakama | 25+3 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| 34 | MF | Yu Funabashi | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Guilherme Parede | 1+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Aleksandar Čavrić | 11+14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 28 | 9 |
| 11 | FW | Kyosuke Tagawa | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Shu Morooka | 25+7 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| 40 | FW | Yuma Suzuki | 34+2 | 15 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 42 | 16 |
| 41 | FW | Homare Tokuda | 0+12 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Players loaned or transferred out during the season |||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Shoma Doi | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Kaishu Sano | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Yuta Matsumura | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Yuki Kakita | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Last updated: 11 January 2025. Source: jleague.co, Soccer D.B.

### Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | J1 | EC | JLC | Total |
| 1 | FW | 40 | Yuma Suzuki | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Aleksandar Čavrić | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | DF | 32 | Kimito Nono | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 30 | Shintaro Nago | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 33 | Hayato Nakama | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 13 | Kei Chinen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Yuta Higuchi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 55 | Naomichi Ueda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 15 | Tomoya Fujii | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 36 | Shu Morooka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Koki Anzai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Ikuma Sekigawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 6 | Kento Misao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 41 | Homare Tokuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | – | – | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 58 | 6 | 2 | 64 |
Source: jleague.co

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | J1 | EC | JLC | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Tomoki Hayakawa | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Source: fbref.com